District 5 officials and counselors met Monday evening with Byrnes High football players.

Counselors were on hand at the school on Tuesday.

"He was just a great kid. He's the kind of kid that you come across, if you have a daughter, this is the guy you hope she brings to your front door," said Byrnes head football coach Brian Lane. "I remember this past Saturday, I chest-bumped him on a play he made and I said, 'Markell, where did that come from?' He said, 'Coach, they're going to remember me this year.'"

Nesbitt's family said he also ran track at Byrnes High School. He also had dreams of playing in the NFL.

"At (the age of) two, when I had got him and he didn't know me, I was like, 'What are we going to do if he wakes up?' He woke up and he started crying. I put (the TV) on a football game and that was the end of the crying. At two, he knew what he wanted to do," said Nesbitt's grandmother, Cathy Smith. "He said, 'Grandma, I'm going to be an NFL player. I'm going to buy you a house.' I said, 'Oh baby, you can buy you a house.' He said, 'Well, I'm going to buy my momma a house.' I said, 'Well, you can buy your momma a house.' I said, 'When you'll be an NFL player my house will be paid for.' He said, 'Well, then I'll just buy you a car then.'"

The city of Spartanburg's spokesman confirmed that Nesbitt was a lifeguard at the C.C. Woodson Recreation Center.

"He was always smiling, always enthusiastic," said Kim Moultrie, City of Spartanburg parks and recreation superintendent. "Our motto for the summer has been 'Superheroes.' Our theme is, 'When our powers combine, we change lives.' We feel that way about Markell. He was a superhero. He changed the lives of a lot of the kids who came here."

Relatives said they are waiting to find out what caused Nesbitt to go under water and not resurface.